.TH mbt 1 "2014 december 2"

.SH NAME
MBT \- Memory Based Tagger
.SH SYNOPSIS
mbt [options]

.SH DESCRIPTION
mbt is a memory\(hybased tagger that can tag sequences, based on training
files generated by
.B mbtg.

.SH OPTIONS

.BR \-h " or " \-\-help
.RS
show help
.RE

.BR \-s " settingsfile"
.RS
use a settingsfile as generated by
.B mbtg
.RE

Or:

.BR \-l " <lexiconfile>"

.BR \-r " <ambitagfile>"

.BR \-k " <known words case base>"

.BR \-u " <unknown words case base>"

.BR \-D " <loglevel>"
.RS
Possible options levels are
.B LogNormal
,
.B LogDebug
,
.B LogHeavy
and
.B LogExtreme

.RE

.BR \-e " <sentence delimiter> (default '<utt>')"

.BR \-E " <enriched tagged testfile>"

.BR \-t " <testfile>"

.BR \-T " <tagged testfile> (default is untagged stdin)"

.BR \-o " <outputfile> (default stdout)"

.BR \-O "timbl options"
.RS
 (Note: there is NO SPACE between O and the options)
  <options>   classifier options for both known and unknown words instance bases
  K: <options>   classifier options for known words instance base
  U: <options>   classifier options for unknown words instance base
  valid
.BR timbl
options are: a d k m q v w x \-
.RE

.BR \-B " <beamsize for search> (default = 1)"

.BR \-v " di"
.RS
 add distance to output
.RE

.BR \-v " db"
.RS
 add distribution to output
.RE

.BR \-v " cf"
.RS
 add confidence to output
.RE

.BR \-V " or " \-\-version
.RS
show version info.
.RE

.BR \-L " <file with list of frequent words>"

.SH BUGS
possibly

.SH AUTHORS
Ko van der Sloot Timbl@uvt.nl

Antal van den Bosch Timbl@uvt.nl

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR timbl (1)
.BR mbtg (1)
.BR mbtserver (1)